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by rimantas 5580 days ago

  > most of the uglier CSS box-model hacks
Wait, does someone still develop for IE5? Otherwise there is no need for any box-model hacks.
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There are still a number of DTD headers which can throw IE6 into quirks mode, where the bug still exists.
Right, so the choice is, find a DTD that keeps IE6 in standards mode, or spend countless hours debugging hundreds of tiny layout issues that exist nowhere else.